2026 Kansas End of Legislative Session Report

In 2026, CAI’s members, partners, and staff actively advocated on behalf of the approximately 156,000 Kansans living in 62,100 homes in nearly 2,000 community associations across the state.

Legislative Overview

The 2026 half of Kansas’ 2025-2026 legislative session began on January 12 and adjourned on April 10, 2026. Kansas operates on a biennial legislative cycle, meaning legislation introduced in odd-numbered years carries over to the even-numbered years of the biennium. The 2026 session focused on budget discussions, redistricting, education policy, and judicial nomination processes.

As is common in Kansas and other states, the final days of the legislative session were largely devoted to consideration of gubernatorial veto overrides. Overriding a Governor’s veto, requires a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate. Given that Republicans hold supermajorities exceeding two-thirds in both Chambers, many vetoes issues by Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, are expected to be overturned. . Below is a brief overview of CAI’s work in Kansas in 2026:

CAI SUPPORTED THE BELOW BILLs

CAI supports legislation that aligns with CAI’s public policy positions, or which otherwise work to the benefit of the community association industry in a state.

HB 2343 – Creating the No-Impact Home-Based Business Fairness Act

CAI submitted testimony supporting this bill based on CAI’s Home-Based Businesses Public Policy, which supports an association’s right to reasonably regulate home-based businesses consistent with community expectations and in a way that does not focus on the nature or type business conducted in the residence.

This bill would have mandated that municipalities and community associations allow “no impact” home-based businesses in their communities, with an explicit carveout for associations to prohibit home-based businesses via covenant amendments. A “no impact” home-based business is one which is not immediately visible from the street, potentially shifting business activities into backyards and other areas not immediately visible to passersby.

Status: DIED in Senate.

SB 144 – Invalidating Restrictive Covenants that Limit Or Prohibit the Installation of Solar Panels

As introduced, this bill would invalidate prohibitions on solar panels in community associations and allow for the adoption of reasonable rules on the placement of solar panels so long as they did not prohibit their placement on rooftops.

Much like in 2025, CAI sought amendments to clarify that the right to solar panel installation does not cover attached units, such as townhomes and condominiums, and to preserve restrictions currently in place.  As noted in CAI’s Conservation, Sustainability, and Green Issues Public Policy, CAI supports efforts by state legislatures to empower community associations to build consensus-based solutions regarding environmental initiatives and opposes government and interest group efforts to override community policy or impose a one-size-fits-all mandateon single interest issues.

Status: DIED in Committee.

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